Armenian students continue rally against military draft law

Yerevan State University (YSU) students are continuing their protest against the parliament-approved bill that proposing eliminatio of deferment from mandatory military service for students of government funded educational institutions.

In a statement on Facebook, the civic group For Developing Science warned of a plan to organize a march to the National Assembly in what was described as a hyperstrike boycotting the legislative measure.

Fewer students have now gathered outside the YSU main building due to a heavy rain.

David Petrosyan, an active member of the group, briefed the crowd of the Thursday meeting with the Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan.